Tag: genius loci

It’s only rarely that I go to a sacred site and find that I am there to offer someone else advice, rather than learn something myself. Knowth, one of the treasures of the Boyne Valley complex in Ireland, offered me both opportunities on my last visit. On this visit I would hear a dire warning […]

This tale is actually the start of my Italian tour, so if you’re reading them in order, then this is first, but published last. What was I thinking? I had landed in Pisa and according to my map I was about 2 miles from my hotel, Now of course you are thinking…”grab a cab” however, […]

I get house dowsing cases from a variety of sources. A friend of a friend is one of the most common. Thus after only a week ago that I was talking with a friend about another house dowsing experience she told me that a friend of hers could do with such a service. A week […]

I am not a restful soul I have to say. Barely had I arrived in Luxor than I was off out on an adventure. Walking up to the desk in the hotel, I asked the attendant, which is the nearest place to visit? It was 1pm in the afternoon and I didn’t want to go […]

After a couple of unremarkable sites on the Locmaraquier peninsula, we were heading towards our final destination for this Brittany outing – Broceliande Forest. Broceliande has a reputation for being an ancient forest with strong claims to an Arthurian tradition. Certainly this is how the French Tourist Agency are marketing the space. For me, when I visited […]

A really early start to the Spring Equinox of 2014 had us at a sacred site called Castlerigg around 10a.m. It was a fresh and breezy start to the days pilgrimage, but as ever I was hopeful of calling the sun out to play at some point, even as ominous clouds were gathering around us. […]

Cleansing at the Waterfall Gwas had to say farewell to a Water elemental and what better place than Pystol Rhaedr? We arrived early in the morning, cool, crisp and fresh. I was expecting a hike up to the top of the waterfall but the rods informed Gwas that this was not necessary. Brilliant. Not […]